Today’s J-blip: Tokyo train gets the Olympic treatment
August 4th, 2012 by Sandra Barron
Commuters, on your marks!
Tokyo train conductors are always warning riders not to run for trains. Nobody ever said anything about running in trains. Japanese sporting goods maker Asics has “train jacked” a train on the Yamanote loop line, with a 200-meter track running through all 11 cars of the train. How to spot it? Keep an eye out for the train that has photos of Japanese Olympic runner Chisato Fukushima running along the outside.
Tags: olympics, trains, yamanote
Sandra Barron has been involved with Japan since a two-year stint with the JET program in Miyazaki in 1997. She has reported for Kyodo News and the Tokyo Shimbun in New York and written freelance for Marie Claire, CNN, The Japan Times and The New York Times. She blogs at Japandra and is always happy to say hi on Twitter.
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